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Saturday, December 8, 2007

Oh, that's just me Mum laying there in the corner

Can we make it a law that children also cannot ignore their parents while we're at it? Says this father of three teenagers.

Neglect of parents a criminal offence

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indians who neglect their ageing parents face possible prison under a new law passed by worried politicians.

The law, passed late on Thursday, reflects concerns that rapid modernization and a growth in nuclear families is undermining a centuries-old social fabric of extended families.

"At least now the elderly can have a roof to live under and food to eat in their old age," Gyan Prakash Pilania, a Hindu nationalist MP, was quoted as saying in local news reports.

Under the law, Indians can face up to a month in jail if found guilty of parental neglect.

The law also allows authorities to order children or relatives to pay a monthly maintenance allowance to the aged.(Reporting by Alistair Scrutton; Editing by Y.P. Rajesh and Alex Richardson)